R&D Fellow Engineer

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.           

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join Boston Scientific as a Fellow in Research and Development for our Interventional Cardiology Therapies division with impact across an early-stage, multi-generation platform. In Interventional Cardiology Therapies, we offer a broad range of products across our Coronary Therapies and Structural Heart franchises. At Boston Scientific, we have a long history of product innovation and a robust product line and pipeline for continued growth. This technical leadership role will act as the Exploratory lead and partner to develop a technology roadmap within our calcium modification portfolio.

Work Mode:
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Advance the platform technology, with a fast-fail and collaborative approach to product development.
• Work across multiple design and product workstreams in a capacity to resolve complex problems with robust technical solutions.
• Exercise independent judgment in developing product requirements, methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Define projects and work tasks based on strategic priorities and goals.
• Technical decision-making that will have a significant impact on the company.
• Developing advanced ideas and guides their development into a final product, program, or process across multiple generations of a technology portfolio.
• Determining emerging technology and clinical trends, and sharing learnings with R&D and cross-functional teams.
• Leading complex product design evolution using high-quality computational tools, creative and rapid ideation, and efficient prototyping and evaluation methods. 
• Considering all critical aspects of product design during decision making including patient safety, clinical practice, high-level product performance, and product manufacturability.
• Selecting and applying advanced analytical and simulation tools to enhance product performance and/or manufacturing processes.
• Engaging with product evaluation methods such as bench testing, pre-clinical evaluations, and product simulation.
• Creating new product development and evaluation tools where current solutions are not sufficient.
• Leading by example and motivates and inspires other technical team members in the program.
• Influencing technical strategy at all organizational levels, and act as the primary voice to guide cross-functional decision-making. 
• Reviewing and informing technical updates and strategy to executive leadership.
• Keeping a watchful eye over the IP landscape with the internal legal team. 

Required qualifications:

• BS degree in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other related engineering field
• Required minimum years of work experience (primarily in medical device or related field): 12+ years with BS, 10+ years with MS, or 8+ years with PhD
• Demonstrated experience bringing a complex medical device to clinical stage (e.g. first-in-human, pivotal trial).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience developing catheters or devices in the medical device industry.
• Strong knowledge of design controls & risk management practices.
• Direct experience with working directly with the quality function through guidance documents, in vitro testing, and in vivo evaluation methods to balance development within early stage and full design verification.
• A proven track record developing medical devices from early-stage concepts through technology development programs.

Preferred qualifications:

• M.S. or PhD in a related technical field.
• Medical device experience in a capital system (e.g. electromechanical) development with hardware/software integration.
• Working knowledge of materials sciences and manufacturing processes
• Highly creative problem solver who leads with a sense of urgency.
• Personal drive, individual accountability & a strong bias for action.
• Strong personal credibility & excellent communication skills.

Requisition ID: 600747 

Minimum Salary: $ 122100 

Maximum Salary: $ 232000 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com--will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. 

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status.  Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment.  Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements.   As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions.  This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement.  The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.